bet taşlarğa
/bet taʃlarʁa/
Literal translation
to cast away one's face
Intended meaning
To lose colour in the face from fright or shock; to blanch.
- Endi busağatdan oquna, keçe bla çığıb, qoşha bar dep aytadıla dep, asırı qorqğandan, Egew betin taşladı.Hearing that they were telling him to set out this very moment, to go out at night and head for the camp, Egeu turned pale from sheer fright.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 117